Marton Demographics (Blackpool, England)

Marton is a ward in Blackpool of North West, England and includes areas of Mereside, Metropolitan Business Park, Chiswick Grove Ind Est, Little Marton, Rough Heys, Newholme Residential Park and Cheswick Grove Ind Est.

In the 2011 census the population of Marton was 6,852 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Marton is 40, while the median age is higher at 41.

91.9% of people living in Marton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.8% Scotland, 0.9% Wales, 0.6% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.1% India, 0.1% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% United States.

98.5% of people living in Marton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.5% Polish, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% Tamil, 0.1% Turkish.

The religious make up of Marton is 70.2% Christian, 21.8% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Hindu. 443 people did not state a religion. 21 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

43.7% of people are married, 14.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.7% are separated or divorced. There are 424 widowed people living in Marton.

The top occupations listed by people in Marton are Administrative and secretarial 14.9%, Professional 13.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.3%, Administrative 12.0%, Associate professional and technical 11.8%, Skilled trades 11.4%, Elementary 10.7%, Elementary administration and service 9.7%, Sales and customer service 9.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.1%.